Burned out on MS meds
Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 9:40 am
PAST MS TREATMENT
Avonex: weekly IM injection
Discont'd after about 3months due to side effects
Copaxone : daily subQ injection
Also discont'd (on 05/18/04) after about 3 months, due to side effects.
CURRENT MS TREATMENT
No MS meds since that last Copaxone shot 5 months ago.
I'm no longer takinganything for MS, nor am I likely to try anything new in the foreseeable future. My course of MS seems pretty stable to me so far, and maybe a little better without CRABs than with. The side effects and potential 30% reduction in future disability just wasn't worth it to me. BTW, my situation may be slightly atypical, in that MS is not my primary health problem (long story). That being said, I am considering accepting an invitation to a program about ANTEGREN next week, just to hear about it, since it was approved by the FDA.
I had already made some dietary modifications before MS for other health reasons, (little or no red meat, more fish, soy, and chicken, more healthy oils, supplements, etc.), and since my diagnosis I'm making more of a point of it, but I'm nowhere near the full Swank regimen.
Avonex: weekly IM injection
Discont'd after about 3months due to side effects
Copaxone : daily subQ injection
Also discont'd (on 05/18/04) after about 3 months, due to side effects.
CURRENT MS TREATMENT
No MS meds since that last Copaxone shot 5 months ago.
I'm no longer takinganything for MS, nor am I likely to try anything new in the foreseeable future. My course of MS seems pretty stable to me so far, and maybe a little better without CRABs than with. The side effects and potential 30% reduction in future disability just wasn't worth it to me. BTW, my situation may be slightly atypical, in that MS is not my primary health problem (long story). That being said, I am considering accepting an invitation to a program about ANTEGREN next week, just to hear about it, since it was approved by the FDA.
I had already made some dietary modifications before MS for other health reasons, (little or no red meat, more fish, soy, and chicken, more healthy oils, supplements, etc.), and since my diagnosis I'm making more of a point of it, but I'm nowhere near the full Swank regimen.